3 killed, 4 wounded in blast in Iraq (AP)

Courtesy Ytop stories  Mon, 04/07/2008 - 3:04am

Neighbors in the Hayaniyah area are examining the rubble of a house they said was destroyed in an air strike Friday evening in the militia stronghold of Basra, Iraq, 550 kilometers (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad, Saturday.<br /><br />April 5. 2008. Police said five people were killed and nine injured in the strike, acknowledging they included an unspecified number of militants who had fired a mortar at Iraqi security forces.<br /><br />British military spokesman Maj. Tom Holloway said an attack helicopter hit a position from which militants were firing at Iraqi forces in Hayaniyah, but he gave no information about casualties and did not specify whether the aircraft was U.S. or British.<br /><br />(AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)AP - Iraqi security forces say a large explosion demolished a building in the southern city of Basra.

At least three militants were killed and four were wounded.



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